Posts by Wesley Morris
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Road, Kill: The Late-Summer Duds Continue With the New ‘Transporter’ and Owen Wilson in Southeast Asia
Can we just DVD-chapter-skip to Oscar season already?
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‘Do You Like Prince Movies?’ Podcast: The 2015 VMAs, ‘We Are Your Friends,’ and Remembering Wes Craven
This week, Alex and Wesley discuss the nothing of ‘Z for Zachariah’ and the cruel almost of ‘We Are Your Friends.’ Then it’s on to a conversation of this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, which now is just recycling itself.
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Wes Craven: 1939–2015
The life and legacy of the defining horror director of a generation.
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Running on EDM-ty: The Dull DJs of ‘We Are Your Friends’ and Anemic Apocalypse Survivors of ‘Z for Zachariah’
Two interesting late-summer duds hit the multiplex.
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‘Do You Like Prince Movies?’ Podcast: ‘Mistress America,’ ‘American Ultra,’ and More
Alex Pappademas and Wesley Morris discuss ‘Mistress America’ and ‘American Ultra,’ a feather-ruffling Quentin Tarantino Q&A, and the Carly Rae Jepsennaisance.
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Small(er) Movie Roundup: Lily Tomlin–Jennifer Aniston Comic Genius Edition
When good actors are almost good enough.
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Born in the USA: Late-Summer Weirdness in ‘Mistress America’ and ‘American Ultra’
The new Greta Gerwig movie is kinda great. The new Jesse Eisenberg one? Less so.
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‘Do You Like Prince Movies?’ Podcast: ‘UnREAL’ and ‘Straight Outta Compton’
This week, Alex and Wesley discuss two smart shows they’re enjoying and one biopic that could have been better.
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Small(er) Movie Roundup: Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer in ‘U.N.C.L.E.,’ and Kevin Bacon’s ‘Cop Car’
Because there’s life at the multiplex beyond Dre Day.
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Age of ‘Compton’: N.W.A With Artificial Sweeteners
‘Straight Outta Compton’ is the hip-hop ‘Avengers.’ It could have been so much more.
